Chaloi Leonty Small Oil on Cardboard Landscape with Tree in Rock, 1965 stony vase definitely fairly old

definitely fairly old

This is truly a treasure trove

Just shy of 4" tall

and framed in an old black-painted wood frame

an artist who I believe worked and taught in  North Carolina

Chaloi Leonty Small Oil on Cardboard Landscape with Tree in Rock, 1965 stony vase definitely fairly oldI've gone back to the same dealer in Russia three times now to purchase paintings by Chaloi Leonty, whose estate the dealer handles; I just think he was a really good landscape painter, and Russian prices are pretty good! This impressionistic oil on cardboard may be my favorite yet really a little gem of a painting, and I could look at that sunlit tree against painterly clouds and radiant blue sky all day. I might guess this was was painted along the